For & Against - Proficiency

For & Against - Explanation & Exercises

Some titles imply writing about advantages and disadvantages (example: Advantages and Disadvantages of Travelling by Boat), while others are meant to write about different opinions (example: Popular Music Obliterates Personality).

Do the following exercises of the File For & Against Proficiency in this blog before you write your essay. You'll find great expressions you can use!

• Optional:
• Page 56 - exercise 4 
• Page 57 - exercise 5
• Page 58 - exercise 7
• Page 59 - exercises 8 & 9

• Not optional:

• Page 60 - Read
• Page 61 - exercise 3
• Page 62 - exercises 4 & 5
• Page 63 - exercises 6, 7 & 8 (connectors, optional exercises)
• Page 64 - exercise 9
• Page 65 - exercises 10, 11 & 12
• Page 66 - exercise 13
• Page 67 - exercises 14 & 15
  

You're Beautiful

James Blunt sees a girl on the subway and falls in love at first sight.
Does he make an optimistic or a pesimistic prediction about their future?
Watch the video and write his PREDICTION/S.

Will or Going to?

Watch the video.

Is the explanation clear?

Pop Stars in the Snow

Read about Kym and Jack. Then, choose the correct option in the exercise below.

Now, choose the correct option:

Pop star and soap star in the snow. Choose the correct option

Quiz

 

1. 1.   're going to celebrate
   2.   celebrate
2. 1.   ´ll have bought
   2.   'll be buying
3. 1.   ´ll never leave
   2.   ´ll never be leaving
4. 1.   won´t happen
   2.   isn't happening
5. 1.   'll be married
   2.   ´ll have been married
6. 1.   will you be doing
   2.   will you have done
7. 1.   ´m going to record
   2.   ´ll record
8. 1.   will you be looking for
   2.   will you have looked for
9. 1.   ´ll change
   2.   ´m going to change
10. 1.   ´ll do
    2.   ´m going to do
11. 1.   ´ve been getting
    2.   ´ll have got
12. 1.   ´ll be making up
    2.   ´ll have made
13. 1.   ´ll have
    2.   ´ll have had
14. 1.   ´ll be concentrating
    2.   ´ll have concentrated
15. 1.   ´ll have been able to
    2.   ´ll be able to

Future Tenses 1

Match the use of the future with the example

Matching exercise

Match the items on the right to the items on the left.

Plans	??? is going to visit is visiting visits will have visited will be visiting will visit
Predictions	??? is going to visit is visiting visits will have visited will be visiting will visit
Arrangements (plan that you make with a friend, family member, doctor, etc.)	??? is going to visit is visiting visits will have visited will be visiting will visit
Timetables (TV shows, films, trains, buses, planes)	??? is going to visit is visiting visits will have visited will be visiting will visit
Decisions that you make now.	??? is going to visit is visiting visits will have visited will be visiting will visit
Decisions finished before a time in the future.	??? is going to visit is visiting visits will have visited will be visiting will visit
Action in progress at a time in the future.	??? is going to visit is visiting visits will have visited will be visiting will visit

Predictions

  

Mark went to a fortune teller. This is what she told him

Predictions

Gap-fill exercise

Fill in all the gaps, then press "Check" to check your answers. Use the "Hint" button to get a free letter if an answer is giving you trouble. You can also click on the "[?]" button to get a clue. Note that you will lose points if you ask for hints or clues!

I think you (have) a great future. You (make) a fortune and you (probably - live) in Manhattan. You (meet) a gorgeous girl at a party and I know she (fall) in love immediately. It (be) love at first sight. However, you (not - marry) her because you (prefer) to travel around the world instead of settling down. And you (probably - end up) living in an exotic country. I am sure you (be) very happy.